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jose · #1 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 03:05 AM

мр3.com (Russian cyrillic M and P + 3) Google: 5,130,000

I forgot the poll...

IDNCowboy · #2 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 03:10 AM

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Originally Posted by jose

мр3.com (Russian cyrillic M and P + 3) Google: 5,130,000

I forgot the poll...

darn i had seen this a while back but thought it was in the ascii form!

It seems like a nice domain although ascii mp3 is searched for over 3 million times a month vs 100,000 for your version.

kenne · #3 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 03:19 AM

I found this pic about what a russian keyboard looks like.

http://www.classykeyboards.com/d_ima...ian_ovly_l.jpg

To search for the asc "mp3", they will have to first switch to asc
code, type mp3 then switch back to whatever they have been doing.

And the asc "mp3" and its russian look-alike are different keys, right?

Is it a source of confusion for native Russians too?

IDNCowboy · #4 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by kenne

I found this pic about what a russian keyboard looks like.

http://www.classykeyboards.com/d_ima...ian_ovly_l.jpg

To search for the asc "mp3", they will have to first switch to asc
code, type mp3 then switch back to whatever they have been doing.

And the asc "mp3" and its russian look-alike are different keys, right?

Is it a source of confusion for native Russians too?

According to yandex the ascii version is the main searched one.

However this is a VERY nice domain.

jose · #5 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 03:24 AM

Thanks Jeff. .net is available.

BTW: How do you get search results from yandex.ru?

IDNCowboy · #6 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 03:32 AM

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Originally Posted by jose

Thanks Jeff. .net is available.

BTW: How do you get search results from yandex.ru?

http://wordstat.yandex.ru

good shot for the first time around heh

only problem is CNET owns mp3.com in ascii... They'll send you a C&D most likely even tho its in a different language as they'd win anyway as they have the bigger pockets.

idnceo · #7 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff

http://wordstat.yandex.ru

good shot for the first time around heh

only problem is CNET owns mp3.com in ascii... They'll send you a C&D most likely even tho its in a different language as they'd win anyway as they have the bigger pockets.

But if we keep like this, then the russians wont be able to register a lot of domains as many letters look similar. This is not phising, both are non-ascii so i dont see any problem. It sounds a good registration to me to use it with russian speaking countries.

blastfromthepast · #8 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 12:33 PM

Good registration. In Russia though, you can buy a DVD-R full of mp3 music, for about $5, in the open market. Say you wanted Classic Rock, you buy the Classic Rock DVD. That means that most kids have gigantic music libraries, and won't be buying anything from itunes, anytime soon.

jose · #9 (**permalink**) 13th March 2006, 01:04 PM

Thanks blast. Yes, Russian authorities don't give a damn when they receive piracy complains that a server is hosting illegal music or warez. Unfortunately it's also where most of the spam is coming now.

Nice to see someone took the .net. What bigger appraisal could I get?